The University of Costa Rica offers foreign students the opportunity to be part of their student body as undergraduates and graduate students through the formal admissions process.

Students already enrolled in graduate and postgraduate degrees abroad may choose to perform an exchange of one or two semesters at the facilities of the UCR, through exchange agreements that facilitate student mobility.

CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS

The University of Costa Rica has established two categories of students: regular students and exchange students.

Regular students are those students, Costa Rican or foreign, who have been formally admitted to graduate from the University of Costa Rica. Regular students must take an entrance examination. For more information visit the Admissions website.

Visitors or exchange students are those students, Costa Rican or foreign, whose purpose is not to get a degree at the University of Costa Rica, but take courses and then transfer the credits to your home university by a student exchange. These students do not need entrance exam and are not tied exclusively to any school or program of study. The visiting student status may be extended to complete two semesters.

They may also participate in the summer program taught in English.

For further information:

STUDENT VISITOR

THE ADMISSION PROCESS IS NOW OPEN EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE FIRST 2018 SEMESTER

(MARCH TO JULY)

Visitors or exchange students must complete the application form which includes: The Application Form along with all required documents in the application. Certification original notes must be issued and sent by the Registrar of the University of origin (students submit certifications notes in a language other than Spanish or English must provide an official translation of the above document).